New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-30
4 VISIT TO COUNT TOLSTOI.
From, The rail Mall gazette.


VI. Danilcfski, ii Russian author, has just published
an interesting account Of visit he recently pail 10
Count TOlsOi on his little estate Of Observation-Disclosures
The writer is happy be able to deny the rumors CIR
culaed abroad concerning the mental condition OF tne
ont of mind, has he given up literature, while
tot til, report thai he mediate quitting his home
apostle al that is pur imagination For tho past
twenty five years the Count has lived on !, estate
children At times, TO repOse his mind, he indulges,
like another man OF tho epoch, In telling trees
saving wood and other manual exercises In the winter
he takes ~ boOtmalng by way Of relaxation, but AZ
the same time he continues to write, and Is IN fni
possession Of his faculties, pursuing on the one hard
liz study Of theology and, on the other, endowing
Russia with popular literature for the use OF all
and myself began writing, out Of the
hundred millions Of Inhabitants in Russia
now that the schools have multiplied both IN towns and
villages those thousands have become millions, ana
these millions Of feOw-cOuurymen am there before
" with months open Ike starving biris demanding
intellectual nOurishmcnt worthy 0f themselves and us
An yes, the simple honest Russian peope are wen
popular tales and dramas. which some persons have
been asion7hoi to see appear under me name OF o.
siol However, he continues none me le,s 70 rake
deep interest I'm the intellectual movement OF Europe,
AMI rcnounccs ~ the rncs Of his great works.
The table In hs study l. covere with English German
and French reviews, while on the shelves OF his book
Case may be seen among others tle works OF Shake
spcarc, Goethe, Noita opinola, Rousseau, and Encr'
son.
During his conversation with his visitor Tolstol
dwclt gowiugly Oh the labor- of the field. -" An -
with work, 10 be able 10 rcpOsc ones self Icy simple
physical exercise, Every cay, according 10 the season.
1 ~ ont moving, digging, or plOughng Oh, the
plough. You little dream what pleasure II t. and
What good n docs 10 the heart How joyfuliy the
blood flows through m" veins the head becomes clear
and the feet Hight that yOu scarcely feel them And
what an appetite Onr gets and how sOundy one sleeps
aftrrvarl" The Count went to exp ain that,
after all, nature the only true and real lnsprHr
ART. When read our Russian authors, or foreign
writer's, | instinctlycy distinguish those who have
worked aftcr nature AMI those who have not. There
are many of the most celebrated authors OF the day
whose works ! cannot read thu Account | try all
can, but can't get through even the hr-t page
" Danicf-N believes that Count TOisOi Will vet pro-
ducr works worthy to be- placed on the -ldr Of his
Peace and War" and Anna kalcnnc.' The pause
which h' made after writing ChillhO "My Youth
ard the " "reminiscences Of ScbastOpO' IN order 10
occupy hlmNei with pedagogy and direct The Journal
~ Ia-.noppla,T indicated neither apathy nor decline
~ his genius, but gave him time 20 rcpose. during
which he mentally developed the ta'lcau Of Peace
anl War" In the TUl~tOi, in dcvOnnq
himself present To Biblical siulies and popular
literature appears to be- preparing himself for another
chef druVrc This rcpo>r enables him TO elaborate the
visions Of his great creative mind